to become dim; to become blurred
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
1000 ri; (a) long distance
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
virginity (of a female); maidenhood
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
one's song repertoire; songs one can sing
climax; peak; zenith; apex
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
but; however; although; though
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
regret; repentance; remorse
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
sour look; surly face; pout
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)